---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000801337-26-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WBS"
cik: "0000801337"
company_name: "WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:27:00.962390+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Webster Q1 2026 EPS $1.50 ($1.57 adj); pending Santander acquisition on track

## Summary
- Net income $239.3M ($1.50 dil EPS) vs $220.4M ($1.30) year ago; adjusted EPS $1.57.
- Revenue $735.9M; net interest margin 3.36%; loans $57.2B (+1.2% QoQ); deposits $69.0B.
- Provision for credit losses $54M; net charge-offs $41.2M (0.29% of avg loans).
- Banco Santander to acquire Webster for $48.75 cash + 2.0548 Santander ADRs per share; expected close H2 2026.
- No forward guidance provided due to pending transaction; no earnings call held.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000801337-26-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WBS
- cik: 0000801337
- company_name: WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/801337/000080133726000013/0000801337-26-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/801337/000080133726000013/wbs-20260428.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP reported the quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: net income net income applicable to common stockholders of $239.3 million, or $1.50 per diluted share.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Net income: net income applicable to common stockholders of $239.3 million, or $1.50 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: with Banco Santander, S.A., the Company will not conduct an earnings conference call or webcast. --- EX-99.1 (EX-99.1) --- WEBSTER REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2026 EPS OF $1.50; ADJUSTED EPS OF $1.57 STAMFORD, Conn., April 28, 2026 - Webster Financial Corporation (“Webster”) (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A., today announced net
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/801337/000080133726000013/0000801337-26-000013-index.htm

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